It is the goal of Ozaukee County to: develop, implement and maintain a modern geographic information system (GIS) that is horizontally and vertically integrated and one that provides useful quality data for its citizens, agencies, businesses and other users of land information in an equitable and efficient manner.

The objectives of Ozaukee County are to: improve and expand land records access; maintain controls for dispersing land information; build and maintain a base map framework that can be used for multiple purposes; build and maintain a framework that supports parcel level activity; improve land records accuracy; maintain security and confidentiality where required; minimize costs; reduce duplication; promote compatibility; increase efficiency and make land information readily available to users. Throughout this Plan, items are discussed that indicate our work directed toward achieving these objectives.

The internal and external needs of Ozaukee County and its priorities are: the completion of countywide digital parcel maps; acquiring control on public land survey (PLS) corners; digital orthophotography; planimetric updates; imaging various land records; assisting with implementation of wireless 911; maintenance of the existing digital base map and related layers completed to date, and development of new initiatives as stated in Section II. C. on page 7.

The time line for implementation of items in this Plan are dependent on continuation of the Wisconsin Land Information Program (WLIP) and grant program, amount of retained fees collected by the Register of Deeds designated for land records and funding from tax levy. In addition, there are local issues that arise from time to time that need attention and detract from time spent on implementing the Plan. These are unavoidable and have impacted our timeline for implementation or completion of some items from our last plan. Where possible, we have identified general timelines for implementation in sections related to New Initiatives and Foundational Elements.

The County’s GIS operating system is based on a Windows XP server while the tabular land records data resides on an IBM AS/400. The GIS data base design incorporates key fields, which are used to tie the two systems together, thereby ensuring integration. Metadata is maintained for each layer in the GIS system and for the tabular land records data.

Digital orthophotograpy and planimetric update. The County is participating in a multi county and regional planning commission digital color orthophotography consortium and is interested in developing an agreement with other agencies for future production of new digital orthophotography. Estimated cost is $50,000 for digital orthophotography.

Addressing. Create address ranges and points through the capture of roadway imagery linked to GPS to support emergency response applications, wireless 911 and routing applications. The timeline is 2005-2007 but is dependent on implementation of wireless 911 and funding opportunities. Estimated cost is $100,000.

Web Site. Expand our current administrative web site and reconstruct our existing land information web site for access to land information in 2005 - 2007. The work is the result of a software changeover from Intergraph GeoMedia to ESRI Arc GIS. Estimated cost is $35,000 and will be funded in part by WLIP fees designed by statute to be used for this application.

POWTS tracking. Assist the Planning Resource and Land Management Department in incorporating GIS in the inventory, maintenance and compliance tracking system of private onsite waste treatments systems (POWTS). The County plans to start this project in 2006.

Imaging. The Register of Deeds plans to expand its imaging operation to include vital records.

E-Filing and Recording. The WI Department of Revenue is piloting a project in Brown County for the electronic filing of the Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Return form. In addition, the electronic recording of documents (ie deeds, mortgages etc) in the Register of deeds is also a possibility. The County will be following these developments and may wish to pursue e-filing and/or e-recording in the next five years depending on the cost, demands and requirements to implement the process and technology. Due to ROD imaging, the Land Information Office will be working on a project to integrate both images and assessment data.

Topography. The County has complete coverage of topography at the 2’ contour interval level. However, much of this information is dated by 10 years or more. The Land Information Office will update our topography with a LIDAR project. It is anticipated that the mapping will occur over the next five years and estimated to cost $190,000.

Incident mapping. The County plans to evaluate the need and then design databases to assist the Health Department, Emergency Government and Sheriff with mapping incidents related to each of their needs. Examples of these include infectious diseases, identification of environmental or communicable diseases and/or illness, accidents, crimes, hazardous sites, plumes etc.

Wetland maps. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) updated the wetland inventory of Ozaukee County on hardcopy maps. The DNR has not converted the maps to digital format yet. If the DNR converts the maps to digital format, the County would consider incorporating them into our GIS if the County Board adopts the maps.

Highway sign inventory and facilities management. The County Highway department acquired software and created a basic framework for a sign database for the County Trunk Highway system. The Highway Department would like to collect the location of signs and other facilities relating to management of the highway system within the next 5 years.

Land cover/ Land use/Planning. The County will continue to provide our existing digital data to Towns/City, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission and Consultants for development of land use plans in exchange for a digital copy of the developed plan. The County has accepted a Comprehensive planning grant from the Department of Administration where our existing data sets will serve as a basic framework for the process. We will also be enganged in collecting and manipulation other data sets as needed.

Hardware/software upgrades. The county plans to upgrade its land records hardware/software as needed and acquire new where our needs assessment determines it is appropriate. We are currently on ESRI maintenance. It is likely we will need to add ArcSDE to manage simultaneous editing and file serving in the very near future.

Census. Provide updates to Census as requested and assist County Clerk with future redistricting mapping process as needed.

Historic aerial photographs. The County would like to develop a partnership with interested parties in creating or obtaining digital copies of the oldest complete aerial photography, which we think is 1937. This data is useful for environmental assessment, reconnaissance, identification of abandoned road centerlines, buildings or reference points used in land description and other historic research possibilities.

Staffing. As data sets are created, applications expand and maintenance responsibilities increase, the County will continue to evaluate the staffing needs.

We have successfully dealt with unanticipated problems as they occurred. There would be a problem if the WLIB or Department of Administration adopts policies that would limit the use of WLIP funds for our planned activities or concerns expressed in II. C. 2. b) on page 9. At this time, we are not aware of other problems that would prevent us from proceeding with this Plan, however the County remains concerned about the State budget situation and potential legislation that may have a negative impact on County operation.

a. Documentation of County data. County staff attended the Meta Data workshop sponsored by the WLIB and the State Cartographers Office, and participated in the WLIB Strategic Initiative for creation of meta data. The County plans to continue updating and maintaining applicable meta data.

b. Resources available. We will continue to participate in conferences, workshops, seminars, user groups, etc., as appropriate and where budget allows. We will continue to work with our GIS consultant for technical assistance where more assistance is needed.

c. Identification of customers needs. The County has an active Administrative Committee made up of elected and appointed officials who have land related interests where we discuss and prioritize needs and implement as budget and resources allow.

d. Coordination of education/training with agencies, associations and educational institutions. As opportunities arise, we will participate as appropriate and where budget allows. Ozaukee County staff has been a presenter at several WLIB/WLIA events and other professional organizations. We will continue to share our experiences with others.

e. Use of technology to facilitate education and training. We have access to Internet based training courses and will use other systems as deemed appropriate.

f. Use of Clearinghouse and Technical Assistance List Server. The County has desktop access to the Internet that allows for convenient use of the clearinghouse and technical assistance list server. We plan to participate as situations and needs warrant and will continue to monitor the development of the clearinghouse and standards adopted.

g. Use of Land Information Officer education and training funds. The County uses the education and training’s funds provided for by the WLIP to enable land records staff to participate in land records seminars, workshops or training.

Geographic Reference Frameworks. Ozaukee County’s data is based on the Wisconsin State Plane Coordinate System (South Zone) which is mathematically relatable to the North American Datum (NAD) 1927 and therefore is able to be geographically referenced for use by others.

a. Geodetic control networks. We are monitoring the efforts of the WDOT to implement a virtual GPS network and will assess our needs and participate as we deem appropriate. Coordinate values are available in Ozaukee County, State Plane and Latitude and Longitude. The County assumes the custodial responsibility for the densified control stations.

We plan on using the existing NGS and USGS vertical network for vertical control. Any new stations set by the County would adhere to Third order standards. We are also monitoring the efforts of the WDOT in implementing the vertical network and will assess our needs and participate as we deem appropriate.

b. Public Land Survey System. The County has an active corner remonumentation program that complies with the requirements of Wis Adm Code AE 7.08 and/or state statute, and we plan to continue the program countywide. We are establishing coordinates on the PLS corners using a combination of conventional survey techniques and GPS technology meeting or exceeding the FGDC Third-order, class I accuracy standard. Coordinates are maintained in the Wisconsin State Plane Coordinate System, (South Zone)which is mathematically relatable to the North American Datum (NAD) 1927. We plan to continue work in areas with heavy development to aid in the development of or updating of parcel maps. The County maintains the custodial responsibility for the PLSS.

c. Photogrammetric base maps. The County plans on updating its buildings, roads and trail planimetric features using digital orthophotography in 2005 – 2007. The mapping will adhere to National Map Accuracy Standards for 1"=200’ scale mapping. The county intends to maintain the custodial responsibility.

d. Digital elevation models (DEM). The county plans to acquire a new DEM as part of the anticipated LIDAR project. The data will be acquired to support National Map Accuracy Standards for 1"=200’ scale mapping. The county intends to maintain the custodial responsibility.

e. Digital Orthophoto (DOP). The County plans to participate in a multi county digital orthophotography consortium in 2005 and plans for an update in 5 year intervals as we have done in the past. The photography will be acquired to support National Map Accuracy Standards for 1"=200’ scale mapping or better. The county intends to maintain the custodial responsibility.

f. Digital Terrain Models (DTM). The county will acquire DTM’s from our digital ortho project and or LIDAR project.

g. Digital Raster Graphics. We acquired scanned quadrangle maps from USGS and have them as a part of our GIS. We will udate them as they are updated by USGS.

i. Contours. The County currently has developed countywide contours but needs financial assistance to update /maintain this data set. The County will monitor technology advances and watch for outside funding opportunities but cannot make any firm commitments to this at this time. It is anticipated that the contours will be created from a LIDAR project to support National Map Accuracy Standards for the appropriate scale.

j. Satellite Imagery. We will be evaluating the new satellite imagery technology as a possible tool for base map updates, land classification etc but are unable to make any commitment to the technology at this time.

k. Ability to support Wireless 911. The County plans to create and or use existing GIS datasets to support Wireless 911 and since the data is mathematically related to NAD it should be possible to convert the data to other coordinate or geographic reference systems to support Wireless 911. (See also E. 11. l.)

a. & b. Preparation of Parcel Maps. Maintenance of parcel mapping continues to be our primary focus. All parcel maps will be referenced to the lines of the public land survey system and will minimally be suitable for planning purposes and in many cases suitable for assisting with land title boundary or survey line determination. Our parcel maps are not intended to be a substitute for a certified land survey or guaranteeing title to property. Included in the metadata or tabular data base will be information that directs users to the original source document or recorded instrument. We intend to follow the WLIB Digital Parcel Mapping Standard for Index mapping where practical.

c. Coordinate system used. The parcel maps will be geodetically referenced to the Wisconsin State Plane Coordinate System, (South Zone) which is mathematically relatable to the North American Datum (NAD) 1927.

d. Parcel ID. The present County parcel identification number (PIN) does not fully conform to the WLIB parcel numbering system. However it is based on the standard and is designed so the PIN can be generated to comply with the WLIB requirement and will be populated as the need arises.

a. Design. Ozaukee County’s data base supports integration of digital parcel maps with property and ownership information by linking data through key fields. The TR department uses an IBM AS400 and a Microsoft server 2003 to maintain the tabular data bases relating to various land records and also houses our document imaging system. TR continuously evaluates needs and designs or purchases applications to ensure integration of land records systems and data.

b. Activities. (The County plans to maintain the items listed below and will adhere to applicable standards, as we deem necessary).

a. Use of technology to facilitate efficient access. The County currently has public access computer terminals available to the public for searching tabular property ownership data in all land records office and in our remote offices. We added the ability to access GIS geodatabases in several offices and plan to expand that capability. In the next year, the County is anticipating a County web site will be developed, and we will evaluate the feasibility of making our GIS data easily accessible to the public. We will continue to monitor developments of the WLIP Internet Land Information Clearinghouse.

b. Data sharing polices (copyright, licensing, fees etc). The County remains willing to share our data. The County has a data disclaimer and use policy. Data is provided free of charge to all governmental units. The County has adopted a fee schedule for our data sets. Contact the Land Information for specific information pertaining to acquiring GIS data and tabular tax data.

c. Open access to data in existing format. Ozaukee County adheres to the Wisconsin Open Records Law for access to land records.

d. Optional production of customized data on cost-recovery or other basis. Ozaukee County offers both tabular and graphic data for purchase in industry accepted interchange formats. Digital data requests are handled through our Land Information Office in cooperation with the custodian of the data.

e. Internet accessibility (ADA compliance, security). The County strives to be ADA compliant to the extent possible.

f. System security. The GIS server and AS/400 have built-in security that is managed by a system administrator. The County installed a land records server that sits outside our firewall to protect the integrity of our source land records data. The TR Department maintains a back-up/security plan for all data.

g. Privacy policies. Ozaukee County adheres to the Wisconsin Open Records Law and complies with State statutes. We will be monitoring the industry and the public concerns related to privacy and distribution of land record data.

h. Use of $1 fee designated for land information and housing data. The County will continue to use the $1 to create, develop, update and/or maintain land records data that will be accessible on the Internet and to purchase, upgrade or maintain hardware, software and security necessary to make this information available from the Internet.

a. Shorelands. The County maintains a GIS zoning coverage which includes shoreland (1000’ buffer from lakes (waters edge), 300’ from streams) in unzoned towns and zoned towns follow the zoning districts adopted by the County Board.

b. Floodplain and floodway. The County presently uses the hardcopy FIRM maps. We are interested in acquiring the Digital Flood Data if FEMA makes the data available. As a substitute, we may consider scanning our existing maps for inclusion as an independent data set available for viewing only and without certification.

e. f. g. Burial sites, Archeological sites, Historic/cultural sites. No plans at this time. These items are maintained by both the University of Wisconsin System and SEWRPC due to security or preservation issues.

a. Soils mapping activities. The County completed the soil survey and digital soil mapping in cooperation with, and consistent with, the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) standards and specifications. Future map updates will be coordinated with NRCS.

a. Wetland mapping activities. The County currently is using the original DNR digital wetland coverage as well as digital wetlands created by SEWRPC.

a. Formal data sharing agreements. The County has data sharing arrangements with other County departments, towns & city, consultants working for towns or the County, and State agencies. The County will continue these arrangements and pursue others as opportunities arise. The County encourages others to use our digital data by setting a nominal cost or no cost. We encourage cost-free exchanges of information that will enhance our system. We have a formal agreement with WE-Energies

b. Formal or informal data maintenance agreements. The County has internal data maintenance arrangements to ensure data integration and accuracy. This also reduces unnecessary data duplication.

c. Cooperative arrangements. The County has participated in a number of cooperative projects and plans on pursuing others as opportunities arise. We anticipate cooperative agreements with digital ortho production.

e. Collaborative arrangements. The County actively participates in collaborative arrangements for data creation particularly with other County departments. We plan to continue our participation in the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission LIO Users Group, WLIA and their technical committees, WLIP Technical Assistance List Server and others as opportunities arise.

f. Statutory relationships among counties and state agencies. The County will comply with statutory requirements relating to land records as we deem applicable.

a. State Outline. The County incorporated an existing coverage from other sources into our GIS system and will update as needs arise.

b. County Boundaries. The County created an approximation of the County boundaries and will be revising them as necessary.

c. Civil division boundaries. The County created an approximation of the Civil boundaries and will be revising them as necessary.

d. Utility districts. The County’s tax data base includes a code designating which parcels are within a sanitary district. We can develop a graphic boundaries of the sanitary district as needed.

e. Emergency Service Areas. The County created emergency service zone maps that are created and maintained in cooperation with our Land Information, Sheriff and Emergency Government departments.

f. & g. Legislative districts & Election. The County created approximate voting ward, aldermanic, county board and state legislative districts and as parcel maps are updated these district boundaries will have to be revised.

h. Tax incremented financing districts (TIF). The County’s tax database includes a code designating which parcels are within a TIF. If needed a map could be produced when our parcel mapping is complete.

i. School districts. The County created an approximate school district boundary map and as we update parcel maps these district boundaries will have to be revised. The County plans to work with the school district to confirm the boundaries.

j. Lake Districts. The County has no lake districts

l. Native American lands. There are no parcels identified as Native American Lands within the County

m. Agency administrative districts and Zip Codes. Our GIS has an approximate zip code layer.

n. Public Administered Lands. The tax database and the GIS parcel map could be used to determine public administered lands and district boundaries may be developed as the need arises.

a. Transportation network - streets, roads, highways, railroads. The County has contracted for a comprehensive road centerline and point address data set., which includes centerlines of all named public and private roads and point addresses in the County.

b. Rights of way. The approximate right-of-way of public roads is part of the parcel mapping process.

c. Centerlines. The County plans to maintain the data set referred to in 11. a. The County complies with the GIS geodatabase design as the standard for mapping centerlines.

d. Address ranges. The County centerline file referred to in 11.a will create address ranges based on imaged roadways and other available information to support emergency response applications, wireless 911 and routing applications. The timeline is 2005-2006 but is dependent on implementation of wireless 911 implementation.

e. Site address and data base. The County does not assign site address or road names. We will maintain this information for our 911 functions.

f. Address point, structure and/or driveway. The County point address file referred to in 11.a will create point addresses based on imaged roadways and other available information to support emergency response applications, wireless 911 and routing applications. The timeline is 2005-2006 but is dependent on implementation of wireless 911 implementation.

g. Road names. The County is not involved in issuing road names. However we will maintain them.

h. Functional class. The County plans on relying on the DOT local road inventory and has access to their digital data.

i. Place/Landmarks. The County’s Emergency Government maintains landmarks for emergency applications and we will update as deemed necessary.

j. Integration with the County’s/City Master Street Address Guide (MSAG). The Land Information Office shares the responsibility to create, update and maintain the MSAG with the 911 Coordinator in the Sheriff’s department to ensure consistency and integration and plans to continue that relationship. We adhere to our 911 provider for data standards.

k. Ability to support emergency planning, response and mapping. The Land Information Office and Emergency Government Department works together in sharing data sets necessary for emergency applications and we plan to continue this working relationship. We have demonstrated the GIS ability to support emergency application by using it in search and rescue missions, accidents, tornado assessment and training sessions and plan to expand on these applications.

l. Ability to support Wireless 911. Developing address ranges, point addresses, data conversion routines and master street address guide data correlation tables are the immediate land records need for implementation. The County will develop a GIS base map data set to support Wireless 911 and will assist in developing new data layers as needed to implement the system. However, depending on the software solution selected by the Sheriff Department, there may be a need for re-projection and/or conversion of data along with some clean up or addition of attributes. Digital orthophotography will be a significant benefit for Wireless 911 in our forested areas of the county. There may also be a need to obtain adjoining counties data in the event a call would come in outside our county boundary. The County intends to maintain the custodial responsibility and comply Wisconsin Statutes requirements for implementation as it relates to land records.

a. Mapping of existing land use. The County utilizes a land use map developed by the SWERPC. This data set is updated every 5 years.

b. Mapping of planned land use. The County will continue to work with SEWRPC to maintain the current land use.

a. – d, e, f, h, i. Land cover, Watersheds, Geology. Hydrogeology, Endangered resources, Impacts on the environment. The County would acquire these GIS layers from the DNR, SEWRPC or appropriate custodian of the data as we would deem them necessary for a particular application.

g. Non-metallic mining. The County plans to update and/or maintain the non-metallic GIS layer developed with our Solid Waste Department.

a. Design Evaluation. The Land Information Office meets with various departments to evaluate design applications and discuss strategies for enhancements or revisions. Interdepartmental benefits are of primary concern to maximize data sharing and consistency and to reduce and/or eliminate duplicate data sets.

b. Project Approach. The approach varies with each type of project. Typically a conceptual model is developed, a prototype built and revisions are made as a result of various testing. Implementation, production and maintenance procedure follows.

c. Timeline. Determined from the results of needs assessment, design evaluation and complexity of projects.

d. Metadata. The County plans to continue maintaining the meta data already for our GIS layers create meta data for newly created layers and data sets.

e. Security/Privacy. See Section II. A. 1. c. & d. page 5 and Section II. E. 5. f. & g. page 16 - 17.

f. Implementation and Maintenance Strategy. The County carefully evaluates projects before implementation to ensure stable data set and efficient production. The maintenance varies with projects or layers, however the custodian of the data set is directly involved with data maintenance or the quality control check to maintain data integrity and currency.

g. Data quality management. The custodian of the data set is directly involved with data maintenance or the quality control check to maintain data integrity and currency. ITS assist with developing consistency reports so the data continues to improve.

h. Needs Assessment. As new GIS layers are requested, a needs assessment process to aid in the design and implementation is performed to ensure integration and to prevent duplication of efforts.

i. Data structure and format (eg topology). Topology rules within the ESRI environment are developed as needed for the GIS geodatabase's and the software dictates the format of the data.

j. GIS Data Model. The GIS data model is driven by the nature of the geodatabase. The ESRI software can generate the GIS model that has been implemented for the geodatabase. The County created a hard copy layout of the parcel data base to assist in the implementation.

k. Data Dictionary. The County develops data dictionary for attributing data sets or data collection with our GPS.

l. Coding schema. The County uses existing standardized coding schemes whenever possible and maintains other coding schemes in our data dictionary.

m. Transaction management. A date field is carried in most data bases to track changes and updated as changes are made to data layers or elements.

n. Organizational information flows. Flow charts are used in the needs assessment process.

o. Data Conversion. Our GIS data layers are geographically referenced to enable most data sets to be bi-directionally converted. Our tabular can also be converted to a variety of data formats.

p. Ability to integrate with other databases and information systems. The County identifies key fields or data elements needed to support sharing of data sets and incorporates them in our data bases whenever practical to promote integration.

d. Airports. Airport runways are included and will be maintained with our GIS transportation feature class.

e. Recreational Trails. The County will continue to maintain a snowmobile, ATV, and other major named trails layer in our geodatabase.

f. Utilities. Utilities will be responsible for creating their own data set; however, the County will make our base map data available to utilities, sanitary districts, etc. Ozaukee County does have a formal agreement with We-Energies for data sharing.

g. Government facilities. The Land Information Office keeps the digital files of the county’s buildings.

h. Hazardous materials sites. The County’s Emergency Government Office will continue to maintain a data base for this information.

i. Landfills. The County desires to obtain point information from the DNR for these locations.

j. Bridges, culverts, traffic road signs. The County desires to inventory these and the Highway Department has the basic GIS frame work in place to begin which will include location using a resource grade GPS.

k. Boat landings. These will be able to be mapped when the parcel mapping is completed.